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Croatian swimmer (born 2003)
Franko Grgić
Personal information
National team Croatia
Born (2003-01-31) 31 January 2003 (age 21)
Split, Croatia
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
ClubJadran Split
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing Croatia
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Budapest 800 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2019 Budapest 1500 m freestyle
European Youth Summer Olympic Festival
Gold medal – first place 2019 Baku 400 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2019 Baku 1500 m freestyle

Franko Grgić (born 31 January 2003) is a Croatian competitive swimmer in freestyle.

Grgić won the gold medal both in the 800 m freestyle and the 1500 m freestyle event at the 2019 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships in Budapest, Hungary. With the time of 14:46.09 in World Junior Championship he is the fastest 16-year-old 1500m freestyle swimmer in history. He captured two gold medals in the 400 m freestyle and the 1500 m freestyle event at the 2019 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival (EYOF) in Baku, Azerbaijan. In 2019 he was nominated for the Piotr Nurowski “Best European Young Athlete” Prize awarded by the European Olympic Committees, subsequently he was awarded second place. In the same year he was awarded the best young Croatian athlete by the famous Sportske novosti magazine.

References

  1. "Croatia's Franko Grgic becomes double world swimming champion & sets new world record". croatiaweek.com. 25 August 2019. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  2. "Franko Grgic 14:46.09 World Junior Record Makes Croatian Ace Fastest 16-Year-Old Over 1500m In History". swimmingworldmagazine.com. 25 July 2019. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  3. "European Youth Olympics: Croatian swimmer wins double gold & sets new record". croatiaweek.com. 24 July 2019. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  4. "SUMMER PIOTR NUROWSKI PRIZE: MEET CROATIAN SWIMMER FRANKO GRGIC". www.eurolympic.org. 24 October 2019. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  5. "'NEVJEROJATNO, OPET SAM POBIJEDIO LUKU' EVO TKO JE IZABRAN ZA OSOBU GODINE, A JEDAN JE HEROJ DOBIO VIŠE GLASOVA OD MODRIĆA! SANDRA - NEDODIRLJIVA" (in Croatian). sportske.jutarnji.hr. 29 December 2019. Retrieved 5 July 2020.

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